The Grudge-Match of Doom - (trashtalk/game progress)

[Alneyan]

Incidentally, would it be allowed to edit the game file in order to add, for example, Battle Cruisers to either Slynky or Mark? It would require some time to pinpoint the exact location of this value, but it *should* be possible.

However, I don't know if tweaking savegames is allowed and fine for MM (or even laws for this matter), so I am not too sure if such a solution can be considered. And all players would have to agree, obviously. But it *might* be a solution, if all else fails.

Otherwise, removing this game from the rated list will probably be the best indeed (as long as we still go on with playing).

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Joachim:

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Originally posted by primitive:
Joachim.
Well, it needs to be someone who knows the master password

Its really nothing to it. We send you our Last turnfiles (and our passwords) and you run the turn on your computer. If the trade still don’t come through, Slynky can try to redo the turn until it works.

And if we can’t get it to work at all, maybe its better to just nullify the game.

Edit: Forgot; Me and the snickering one trades fine

Happy to try - but no promises!

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It's really easy. You load all the plr files and the gam file in your savegame folder. Crank up the program and load the gam file. Then log in as the master and run the turn. At this point, you can have my password to see if the trade came through or just load the resulting gam file back on PBW as a replacement file.

[Slynky]

As to remarks about canceling the rating (or nullifying the game completely), I think we wouldn't consider that. Who knows what might have been different but the probable outcome with the Talisman in hand makes it easier to predict. Yes, it took 2 turns (also) for LC to come to me (and it held me up 2 turns making sweepers and bigger ships) for one example. Organic Armor III didn't go to Mark on another ocassion...resulting in ships being built with Org armor II for another turn. A combat component II failed to transfer once. I hesitate to mention the others (besides BC) since the items in question need to stay a secret.

But, I don't think anyone is considering nullifying the game...perhaps saying that defeat will look worse than it should have due to trading glitches.

Dear Aunt PBW,

When playing alongside an ally, it can be quite distressing to find that he's almost conceding defeat when the war has hardly started. What does one do in such a situation?

Signed,
Anxious.

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Dear Anxious,

Clearly your so-called ally is not worthy of your talents. I suggest that you mock him mercilessly until he sees reason. If this doesn't work, your only recourse is to change sides and join your enemies in pounding him into dust. Either way, you must on no account allow him to leave the game until his Last planet has been nuked into a small ball of radioative glass.

Yours,
Aunt PBW.

[Slynky]

Then we can call you, Mark the Mercilessly .

[Joachim]

Slynky, do you want to send me your password?

I think I have done the turn and stuff.

When did you guys offer the trade and how? Was it a gift or trade?

Mark's empire log does not have any gift recieved/sent traded Messages.

Edit: Slynky, let me know what research you expect to recieve or something in the next turn so I can be sure that I'm looking at the next turn

[ July 24, 2004, 01:17: Message edited by: Joachim ]

[Slynky]

Sorry, Joachim...I wasn't sure you had all the turns (or, for that matter, that everyone had sent them)...so we watched a family movie ("Fluke").

If you have Mark's PW, then he should have received BC hull. If he didn't receive anything, then running it off PBW didn't make any difference...and we should just continue with trying again. It was a trade he offered and I accepted.

(just sent you my PW).